EPA against emission testing cutbacks

Published:March 13, 2003 7:00PM

COLUMBUS (AP) The director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants to remove from the House-passed transportation budget bill a provision to scale back motor-vehicle emissions testing. Christopher Jones said on Thursday that exempting 3- to 5-year-old vehicles from the testing could put Ohio out of compliance with federal clean-air standards and cause the state to lose highway money. Vehicles.